Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic is reporting that the Milwaukee Brewers have acquired starting pitcher Gio Gonzalez from the Washington Nationals. Gonzalez, 32, has been a fixture in the Nationals’ rotation since 2012, posting a 3.62 ERA alongside an 86-65 record and a K/BB ratio of 2.91. The numbers this season have been relatively discouraging, however, as the lefty has a 4.57 ERA...
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Friday, August 31, 2018 • 10:15 p.m. (ET) AT&T Park • San Francisco, CA RHP Zack Wheeler (9-6, 3.46) vs. LHP Andrew Suarez (5-9, 4.42) SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets return to action tonight after a day off! On Wednesday the Mets finished a game which they lost and then beat the Cubs in a full 9 innings which included Vargy’s third good start in a row....
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Heading into Friday night’s series opener in San Francisco, the New York Mets announced a couple of roster moves. Catcher Kevin Plawecki was placed on paternity leave, which had been expected, and the Mets activated right-handed reliever Jacob Rhame as the corresponding roster move. Plawecki, 27, is hitting .235/.336/.396 in 60 games this season. He missed nearly two months (April 11 to...
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With the current New York Mets just playing out the string in a second straight disappointing season I thought it would be fun to get peoples thoughts on their favorite obscure/part-time Mets players on Twitter. Given the strong response and awesome names brought up by numerous people I decided to put together an obscure Mets team. For criteria I decided to go with players that played less than...
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As per Mike Puma of the New York Post, the New York Mets are “skeptical” that they will trade reliever Jerry Blevins or catcher Devin Mesoraco before today’s waiver deadline. Both players are free agents at the end of the season and have cleared revocable waivers. Blevins, 34, was acquired by the Mets from the Nationals in 2015 for outfielder Matt den Dekker. He re-signed with...
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